BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32202@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240216T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240216T200000 DTSTAMP:20240206T034955Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/remember-to-return-a-reading-and-fu ndraiser-for-palestine/ SUMMARY:Remember to Return: A Reading and Fundraiser for Palestine DESCRIPTION:\nAbout this event\n\n \;\nFeaturing Kamelya Omayma Youssef \, Lara Atallah\, Mariam Bazeed\, Sahar Delijani\, Sahar Romani\, Siham In shassi\, &\; Tala Abu Rahmeh.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by the New Thir d World Reading Series &\; Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, we in vite you to join us for a brilliant and necessary evening of poetry toward liberation\, toward love\, toward memory\, toward return. The event will feature readings by the incomparable Kamelya Omayma Youssef\, Lara Atalla h\, Mariam Bazeed\, Sahar Delijani\, Sahar Romani\, Siham Inshassi\, &\ ; Tala Abu Rahmeh\, emceed by Malvika Jolly. This event is a fundraiser  for eSIM cards to keep Palestine online.\n\nThere will be zines made by Mariam Bazeed as well as broadsides from several of the readers designed a nd printed by Lara Atallah for sale. All proceeds will go toward our final total toward purchasing eSIM cards for Palestinians without internet or p hone connection. Tickets are $0-30 for in-person attendees\, and FREE for the Zoom live stream. If you attend the live stream\, we encourage you to donate directly to make a donation through our Eventbrite page.\n\nAll in- person attendees will receive a free copy of AAWW's Best of The Margins.\ n\n__\n\nThis lineup was created in collaboration with former Margins Fell ow\, Ghinwa Jawhari and Malvika Jolly of The New Third World Reading Serie s. The title of this event comes from Mahmoud Darwish's poem “From: A Lo ver from Palestine\,” translated from Arabic by B.M. Bennani.\n\n\n  \;\n\n\n__\n\nACCESSIBILITY &\; SAFETY\n\nThe event will be live stream ed with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in-person. For those joining us in our space\, we are located on the 6th floor\, there is an el evator that will take you directly to our space. To protect our friends wi th chemical sensitivities\, AAWW is a fragrance-free space. Masks are requ ired for all attendees\; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for yo u. We have three commercial grade air purifiers in the space\, and a quiet room in the back should you need some space from the crowd. With the curr ent surge of COVID cases\, we highly encourage you to take a test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with s omeone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior to the event \, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to dma nibo@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, ADA accessible bathr ooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU! \n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-05-at-10.47.56-PM.png LOCATION:Asian American Writers Workshop\, 112 West 27th Street #600 \, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States GEO:40.745631;-73.991786 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=112 West 27th Street #600 \ , New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Asian A merican Writers Workshop:geo:40.745631,-73.991786 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR